Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

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The investigators hypothesize that exercise in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors will result in an increase in the plasma concentrations of angiostatic factors and a decrease in the plasma concentrations of angiogenic factors. Exercise is expected to result in a circulating angiostatic phenotype that inhibits adipose tissue mass, growth of breast cancer tumor, growth of microscopic residual disease after breast cancer resection, decreases rates of local-regional recurrence, decreases rates of distant recurrence, and increases survival.

The intervention is a structured walking program which will be performed partly in the Pavilion Physical Therapy clinic and partly at home. The participant will be instructed in how hard to exercise, how long to exercise, and how many times in a week to exercise. You will also be instructed in how to exercise safely.

Behavioral: Exercise

The participant will exercise for 16 weeks under supervision. The exercise regimen is increased slowly over 16 weeks.

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